The utility of the potassium titanyl phosphate laser in modulating vocal fold scar in a rat model.
RatOtherMaleDirect laser application to the vocal foldLow energy simulating clinically relevant endpoints; exact…
Model: Vocal fold injury with or without KTP laser treatment, plus cohorts receiving therapeutic KTP laser alone
Therapeutic KTP treatment had an additive effect on inflammatory and matrix metalloproteinase gene expression in injured rat vocal fold mucosa. Histologically, however, the laser had little effect on established vocal fold fibrosis.
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